Presidents
Washington
1st cabinet
Dorothea Dix
what is help for mentally ill?
Dredd Scott case 1857
Should have been free because in free state, but was told he will always be enslaved
Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which combined all the steps that earlier harvesting machines had performed separately.
Robert E. Lee
General of the civil war, Led the army of Northern Virginia, won many victories against larger union armies
Polk
Oregon territory of 1846 and Mexican cession of 1848
Horace Mann
What is education for all?
Fugitive slave act 1850
Every escaped slave had to be returned to their master by civilians
Cotton Gin
This machine was created to pull cotton fibers out of the cotton seed. It made it much easier and faster to get cotton.
The “S” Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism, slavery, states rights, secession, sumter.
Jackson
Indian Removal act
Charles Finney
What is 2nd Great Awakening?
Missouri Compromise 1820
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave
Consolidated Manufacturing
Sam Slater memorized plans and blueprints for factories, and once he memorized them he got people to build them in america.
Clara Barton/ Role of Women
Women weren't seen as equals in this period, but saw the same horrors of the war. It was hard for nurses and very physically and mentally challenging. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross and worked to help the wounded soldiers in the Civil War.
Jefferson
Lousiana purchase, Lewis and clark
1st case of judicial review
Compromise of 1850
the bills provided for slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states, prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia, settled a Texas boundary dispute, and established a stricter fugitive slave act.
Lowell Mill Girls
Teenage girls would work all day and all night in harsh living conditions for a very small compensation.
The Anaconda Plan
This plan entailed the union surrounding the confederacy and essentially squeezing
Monroe
Monroe doctrine, KEEP OFF
Anti slavery movement
called abolition. Wanted slavery to end
Kansas-Nebraska Act
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,”
Abraham Lincoln
When he was elected president (IN 1860), some states against it seceded including South Carolina. After the end of the civil war he was assassinated.
Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea
He gained command of his own army and conquered the city of Atlanta. He is most famous for his "march to the sea"